Seagoing cowboy pay from US Merchant Marine Published November 9, 2022 at 600 × 592 in Hats off to the U.S. Merchant Marine! Seagoing cowboy receives his 1 cent Merchant Marine pay from the captain of the S. S. Santiago Iglesias, early 1946. Name of newspaper unknown. Seagoing cowboy receives his 1 cent Merchant Marine pay from the captain of the S. S. Santiago Iglesias, early 1946. Name of newspaper unknown.